Gaining a solid foundation in psychopharmacotherapy is essential for your success in clinical practice. This well-referenced, evidence-based handbook provides the detailed information you need across a wide range of psychotropic drugs, including mood stabilizers, antidepressants, and more. The new edition features expanded and extensively updated chapters on antipsychotics, antianxiety agents, hypnotics, medications used in treating alcoholism and other substance dependencies, and electroconvulsive therapy. The Eighth Edition is designed as a reference that also teaches by delivering informative narrative text under standard headings with references. Its focus goes beyond drug information to cover pharmacotherapy applications. This differs from other drug references on the market that solely list indications, pharmacokinetics, contraindications, drug interactions, and adverse effects. Book jacket.